Ash Dykes and his team kayaked 380 miles from the source of the Coppename river to the sea.
A Welsh adventurer has kayaked the length of one of the world's most remote rivers in a 37-day journey, setting a new world record and helping wildlife conservation.
"We didn't come across any community, any people, any means to charge , any means to collect food," Ash said.becoming the first person to trekThe Coppename river runs through the middle of the rainforest and is teeming with wildlife. When the roar of the helicopter was replaced by the sound of the Amazon rainforest, the magnitude of the challenge became clear."Knowing that if we stand on the back end of a snake, or if we make a mistake, you might not even find us again."The team kayaked until dusk every day before setting up camp or sleeping in their kayaks
They travelled to Suriname's second highest mountain where they created another base camp to try and set a third world record. They caught piranha, wolf fish, sting ray, which they ate along with adventure food rations, and drank water from the river.We would be burning about 6,000 to 7,000 calories and some days we would take in 600 to 1,000 calories."
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